Ranger Nina Bruns lifts a dead kangaroo onto the back of her vehicle in Farrer. Photo: Rohan Thomson

Ms Bruns and her fellow rangers remove about 2200 kangaroo carcasses from Canberra roads each year. Some weigh up to 80 kilograms, requiring two people to shift them and posing a significant traffic hazard.

This year, rangers have also removed 10 possums and six wombats and probably some foxes, too.

In April, Ms Bruns picked up a dead spotted-tailed quoll, a particularly sad case because it is an animal listed as endangered.

The seasonal peak of dead animals on the road from July to October has just ended.

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''Toward the end of winter, there's less feed in the reserves and they [the animals] also wander, looking for mates,'' Ms Bruns said.

She moved from Bombala to study conservation techniques for three years at the Australian National University in order to become a ranger and help manage the ACT nature reserves.